Housing in ML4 2SU
What the homes in ML4 2SU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Orbiston
- Council
- North Lanarkshire
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 537 (2024)
ML4 2SUNorth Lanarkshire
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (35.5%). Flats make up 36.3%, broadly in line with the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
71.4% of households in the ML4 2SU area own their home, above the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 27.4% of households, more than double the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 35.9% own outright and 35.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned71.4%62.4%
- Shared ownership0%0.9%
- Private rented27.4%12.9%
- Social rented6.2%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.2%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.8 people living in it. 54.8% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (37.5%). 12.7% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Scotland
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Scotland (August 2026, +1.1% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around ML4 2SU (Orbiston) (about 537 residents).
Source: Scotland's Census 2022, National Records of Scotland. Population: NRS small-area estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.